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Solar power is a reliable, homegrown and clean source of energy that plays a vital role in the UK’s renewable energy mix. Join Martin Clunes as he travels across the British countryside to hear from farmers and landowners about the benefits solar energy provides to them and the UK. Nigel meets Martin Clunes to discuss bees and how solar farms have helped Temple Bees honey production. View on YouTube on this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDxcukmTfaE&t=8s
Michelin Bees!
Add to that the fact the three honeys we entered were all given awards makes this a bit special. Not bad for a bloke in Measham. Who'd of thought the honey from the North West Leicestershire area is judged to be some of the best in the country by the Guild of Fine Food judges.
Bees in the Home
Facebook is full of people saying just leave them they'll move on, not beekeepers just people chipping their 2p worth in. What happens with a swarm. While they are at this rally point scout bees are looking for a dry cavity to set up home in. This could be anything from a dustbin to a chimney, wall or roof. Once the bees have decided on a new home they move in. The only chance to remove the swarm easily is while they are in the cluster at the rally point. What happens when they move into a house isn't good. It can cost thousands to get them removed. The longer the bees are there the more potential damage can be done. Honey dripping through ceilings or seeping through walls, bees in the house that can sting pets or humans and in some cases ceilings collapsing under the weight of honey they have stored. Beeswax and honey are flammable so in a chimney a fire risk. There are various places to report swarms.
After these are done, we are about 1/3rd of the way through the honey extraction. A bit late this year due to other problems. We should have enough to keep our customers going with locally produced honey. Click here to buy our honey online or to see local stockists click here.
Extracted about 450lbs from the Appleby Magna site last night. The bees are under the wind turbine on the hill.
Another apiary set up today This is at a lovely farm just up the road from Measham. Nice sheltered spot for the bees with a small wood alongside that is being planted with a pollinator mix of wild flowers. Oil seed rape and field beans about 1/2 a mile away in opposite directions. Lovely village on the doorstep that has lots of well managed gardens.
Fake Honey I'm sorry but if you have bought any of these honeys you've been robbed. Our honey is pure local honey no imported rubbish mixed into it. It's straight off the hives and into the jar. |
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